May 06, 2011
Bristol scientists pave the way to tackling anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders are severely debilitating, the commonest cause of disability in the US workplace, and a source of great anguish to individuals and t...
May 05, 2011
Reptile ‘cousins’ shed new light on end-Permian extinction
The end-Permian extinction, by far the most dramatic biological crisis to affect life on Earth, may not have been as catastrophic for some creatures a...
May 04, 2011
New link in tinnitus research
Researchers at The University of Western Australia have shown changes in a part of the brain previously not known to be involved in tinnitus generatio...
May 04, 2011
Turning coal into methane using nanotechnology
A University of Alberta researcher has received special funding to turn underground coal seams into methane gas, a less environmentally harmful source...
May 03, 2011
Study finds Canada's Arctic glaciers and ice caps losing water at an alarming rate
The work of Faculty of Science PhD graduate Alex Gardner—published in Nature magazine in April—has revealed some alarming evidence that Canada's A...
May 03, 2011
The sea dragons bounce back
The evolution of ichthyosaurs, important marine predators of the age of dinosaurs, was hit hard by a mass extinction event 200 million years ago, acco...
May 01, 2011
Several baffling puzzles in protein molecular structure solved with new method
The structures of many protein molecules remain unsolved even after experts apply an extensive array of approaches. An international collaboration ha...
Apr 29, 2011
Healthy planet, healthy people
An international WUN workshop to be hosted by the University of Sydney next week will investigate the common ground between two of the biggest challen...
Apr 21, 2011
Giant tortoises show rewilding can work
Exotic species can be used to restore important functions in ecosystems that were lost following the extinction of key species, according to a new stu...